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Video Markdown (VMD) — Created by Sohan Dananjaya

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One text file

A language for animated documentaries and presentations.Imagine it. Write it. Build forever-updatable videos in minutes.

shape-shift.vmdvmd v1

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real DSL · renders to MP4 in seconds

Real output, real range

Built entirely with VMD.

Wormhole — Einstein-Rosen Bridge

Diagram

Neural Network Architecture

Character

Avatar Character

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24+ real templates · hover any card to see the source

space-scene.vmd

concept: "Space Scene"
total_duration: 8
background: "#070b1d"

phases:
  main:
    duration: 8
    elements:
      earth:
        type: primitive
        shape: icon[icon:"lucide:earth"
          size:1.6 color:#60a5fa at:(0,0)]
          -> fadeIn(0.8s, 0.5s)
          -> scale(1.1, 2.4s, ease.inOut, 2.0s)
      rocket:
        type: primitive
        shape: icon[icon:"lucide:rocket"
          size:1.2 color:#ff8fab at:(-5.5,-2.4)]
          -> fadeIn(0.4s, 1.5s)
          -> moveTo((5.0,2.0), 4.5s, ease.inOut, 2.0s)

One file

Replaces a stack
of separate tools.

A diagram, a 3D scene, a walking-and-talking character, a cinematic documentary sequence — normally that's four or five different tools. Here it's one syntax.

Advanced animated presentations

multi-phase decks, transitions, motion graphics

Technical documentaries

narrated, multi-scene, cinematic sequences

Diagrams & data

architecture diagrams, charts, data flow

3D scenes

real camera, lighting, parametric surfaces

Avatar characters

gestures, expressions, full character motion

Cinematics & physics

layered overlays, particle and physics effects

11,000+ animated icons

pre-drawn, ready to compose into any scene

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Workflow

Hours, not months.

Work that takes weeks in a normal production pipeline, start to finish in an afternoon.

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Write

Imagine the scene. Write down what you see.

scene.vmd

1phases:

2 scene:

3 elements:

4 planet:

5 shape: sphere[r:1 spin3d:(0,30,0)]

6 guide:

7 shape: figure[use:"narrator"]

8 -> gesture("walk")

or describe it in English — AI drafts the same real, editable file

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Preview

Live, as you type — not wait-and-refresh.

the fastest way to see your scene

updates live, in the browser, as you type

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Export

Seconds, not minutes. No queue, no wait.

the fastest path from code to video

renders client-side, done in seconds

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Write

Imagine the scene. Write down what you see.

Declarative, single-line-per-element syntax — or describe it in English and let AI draft the same real, editable file.

Preview

The fastest way to see your scene — live, as you type.

Export

The fastest path from code to video — seconds, not minutes.

git diff scene.vmd

- shape: circle[r:1 fill:#4fc3f7 at:(0,0)]

+ shape: circle[r:1 fill:#6bffb8 at:(0,0)]

→

one line changed — one thing changed on screen

Terminal

$ git add scene.vmd

$ git commit -m "warmer palette"

[main a3f9c1] warmer palette

1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

$ git log --oneline

a3f9c1 warmer palette

8e21b0 rocket entrance timing

7b3a90 initial scene

Version control

A video you can
put in a pull request.

Because it's one text file, not a project and a separate rendered output, git diff works on it. Nothing else on the market can honestly say that.

Diff it

See exactly what changed, line by line.

Branch it

Try a variation without touching the original.

Revert it

Every past version, always recoverable.

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Pricing

Simple. Transparent.

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forever · no card required

✓5 exports / month (watermarked)
✓5 AI generations / month
✓Full CLI access
✓The full VMD element library
✓Browser IDE

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Starter pack

$29

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✓10 export + 30 AI credits, one-time
✓Buy again anytime you need more
✓1080p output, watermarked
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